Decision Yesterday and Two Denials of Certiorari Today Decline to Apply American Pipe Tolling to Statutes of Repose Under Both the ’33 Act and ’34 Act
On June 26, 2017, the United St...
Articles & Books
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Alternative Investment Funds 2017, 5th Edition
In May 2014, the Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) gave a speech to the Private Fund C...
The Tenth and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeal have come to opposite conclusions in response to constitutional challenges to the Securities Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) appoin...
On January 4, the U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in a case brought by shareholders against Volkswagen arising out of the well-public...
On December 5, 2016 the PCAOB announced that it had settled charges against Brazil-based Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes for a record $8 million civil penalty. PCAOB News...
SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Issues Notices of Intent to Issue Orders for Approved FINRA and MSRB Pay-to-Play Rules
SEC Adopts Amendments to Form ADV and Advisers Act Rules
Litigat...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in SEC v. Jensen. The court held that Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act confirms that the SEC has a cause of action against CEOs and C...
On June 9, 2016, New York’s highest court issued an important decision on the “common interest doctrine,” limiting the circumstances in which parties with common legal interests may...
On June 1, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to ongoing Securities and Ex...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision today on the appeal from Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s rejection in 2011 of the consent settlement in ...
